Elijah Molden Should Have Played Sooner for UW

DerekJohnson

https://si.com/college/washington/football/molden-had-to-wait-to-show-what-he-could-do-at-uw

FireCohen

He had to get his reads down, but once he did he was good

RoadDawg55

I thought Molden would be good, but he struggled almost every time he played until the middle of his sophomore year.

bananasnblondes

RoadDawg55 said:

I thought Molden would be good, but he struggled almost every time he played until the middle of his sophomore year.

This. He did play early and got absolutely burned in a couple big moments that cost us games.

PandaOrangeChiknDuck

bananasnblondes said:

RoadDawg55 said:

I thought Molden would be good, but he struggled almost every time he played until the middle of his sophomore year.

This. He did play early and got absolutely burned in a couple big moments that cost us games.

I don't think you can say the defense in the last 4-5 years cost you guys games. Pete's offense is the culprit.

PurpleBaze

PandaOrangeChiknDuck said:

bananasnblondes said:

RoadDawg55 said:

I thought Molden would be good, but he struggled almost every time he played until the middle of his sophomore year.

This. He did play early and got absolutely burned in a couple big moments that cost us games.

I don't think you can say the defense in the last 4-5 years cost you guys games. Pete's offense is twash, bwo.

MontlakeBridgeTroll

PandaOrangeChiknDuck said:

bananasnblondes said:

RoadDawg55 said:

I thought Molden would be good, but he struggled almost every time he played until the middle of his sophomore year.

This. He did play early and got absolutely burned in a couple big moments that cost us games.

I don't think you can say the defense in the last 4-5 years cost you guys games. Pete's offense is the culprit.

In 2019 UW's O put up more points on Oregon than their prior 5 opponents combined -- our D lost that game.

PandaOrangeChiknDuck

MontlakeBridgeTroll said:

PandaOrangeChiknDuck said:

bananasnblondes said:

RoadDawg55 said:

I thought Molden would be good, but he struggled almost every time he played until the middle of his sophomore year.

This. He did play early and got absolutely burned in a couple big moments that cost us games.

I don't think you can say the defense in the last 4-5 years cost you guys games. Pete's offense is the culprit.

In 2019 UW's O put up more points on Oregon than their prior 5 opponents combined -- our D lost that game.

The offense put up 28 points in the first 32 minutes of the game. Then they scored 3 in the last 28. HTH

MontlakeBridgeTroll

PandaOrangeChiknDuck said:

MontlakeBridgeTroll said:

PandaOrangeChiknDuck said:

bananasnblondes said:

RoadDawg55 said:

I thought Molden would be good, but he struggled almost every time he played until the middle of his sophomore year.

This. He did play early and got absolutely burned in a couple big moments that cost us games.

I don't think you can say the defense in the last 4-5 years cost you guys games. Pete's offense is the culprit.

In 2019 UW's O put up more points on Oregon than their prior 5 opponents combined -- our D lost that game.

The offense put up 28 points in the first 32 minutes of the game. Then they scored 3 in the last 28. HTH

Which, as, I wrote, is more than the quack's prior 5 games combined.

bananasnblondes

MontlakeBridgeTroll said:

PandaOrangeChiknDuck said:

bananasnblondes said:

RoadDawg55 said:

I thought Molden would be good, but he struggled almost every time he played until the middle of his sophomore year.

This. He did play early and got absolutely burned in a couple big moments that cost us games.

I don't think you can say the defense in the last 4-5 years cost you guys games. Pete's offense is the culprit.

In 2019 UW's O put up more points on Oregon than their prior 5 opponents combined -- our D lost that game.

Yep, our defense lost us the 2017 Stanford game, the Penn State game, and the 2019 Oregon game. The offense wasnt great in any of those games but the defense was definitely not up to par. The Stanford game is relevant to the topic at hand.

PandaOrangeChiknDuck

MontlakeBridgeTroll said:

PandaOrangeChiknDuck said:

MontlakeBridgeTroll said:

PandaOrangeChiknDuck said:

bananasnblondes said:

RoadDawg55 said:

I thought Molden would be good, but he struggled almost every time he played until the middle of his sophomore year.

This. He did play early and got absolutely burned in a couple big moments that cost us games.

I don't think you can say the defense in the last 4-5 years cost you guys games. Pete's offense is the culprit.

In 2019 UW's O put up more points on Oregon than their prior 5 opponents combined -- our D lost that game.

The offense put up 28 points in the first 32 minutes of the game. Then they scored 3 in the last 28. HTH

Which, as, I wrote, is more than the quack's prior 5 games combined.

You can’t score 3 points in the final 28 minutes and excuse the offense. Also, 31 points might have been a lot to give up by Oregon, it’s still not a great number in college football. 31 points is an average offensive outing. To beat any good team your offense needs to be better than average.

TTJ

Dumb article.

In the DB room, the best players play. That was Miller. The staff brought along Molden at just the right pace, and now he’s a stalwart.

MontlakeBridgeTroll

PandaOrangeChiknDuck said:

MontlakeBridgeTroll said:

PandaOrangeChiknDuck said:

MontlakeBridgeTroll said:

PandaOrangeChiknDuck said:

bananasnblondes said:

RoadDawg55 said:

I thought Molden would be good, but he struggled almost every time he played until the middle of his sophomore year.

This. He did play early and got absolutely burned in a couple big moments that cost us games.

I don't think you can say the defense in the last 4-5 years cost you guys games. Pete's offense is the culprit.

In 2019 UW's O put up more points on Oregon than their prior 5 opponents combined -- our D lost that game.

The offense put up 28 points in the first 32 minutes of the game. Then they scored 3 in the last 28. HTH

Which, as, I wrote, is more than the quack's prior 5 games combined.

You can’t score 3 points in the final 28 minutes and excuse the offense. Also, 31 points might have been a lot to give up by Oregon, it’s still not a great number in college football. 31 points is an average offensive outing. To beat any good team your offense needs to be better than average.

No question that our offense needs work... but...

None of this changes the fact that if our defense had played in that game at the level to which it is capable... we would have won.

RoadDawg55

PandaOrangeChiknDuck said:

MontlakeBridgeTroll said:

PandaOrangeChiknDuck said:

MontlakeBridgeTroll said:

PandaOrangeChiknDuck said:

bananasnblondes said:

RoadDawg55 said:

I thought Molden would be good, but he struggled almost every time he played until the middle of his sophomore year.

This. He did play early and got absolutely burned in a couple big moments that cost us games.

I don't think you can say the defense in the last 4-5 years cost you guys games. Pete's offense is the culprit.

In 2019 UW's O put up more points on Oregon than their prior 5 opponents combined -- our D lost that game.

The offense put up 28 points in the first 32 minutes of the game. Then they scored 3 in the last 28. HTH

Which, as, I wrote, is more than the quack's prior 5 games combined.

You can’t score 3 points in the final 28 minutes and excuse the offense. Also, 31 points might have been a lot to give up by Oregon, it’s still not a great number in college football. 31 points is an average offensive outing. To beat any good team your offense needs to be better than average.

It was a collapse on both sides. Other than once in the 4th quarter, we didn’t stop Oregon tho. And they weren’t all really quick drives. They converted a lot of 3rd and 4th downs. You and the feeling they were getting every one before it even happened. That’s what I remember.